Family members help crash victims on way to Nebraska wedding

HOLDREGE, Neb. (AP) — Two family members on their way to a recent wedding in central Nebraska stopped at a two-vehicle accident to help the victims before making it to the nuptials with minutes to spare.

Jodi Damrow, the mother of the bride, said her rendering aid in a long gown wasn’t anything special because “I’ve done it for so long,” The Omaha World-Herald reported. She’s a veteran emergency room nurse in Holdrege, about 190 miles (306 kilometers) southwest of Omaha.

The wedding of her daughter, Hailey Krull, was June 27 at Harlan County Lake south of Holdrege. Damrow showed up with not a hair out of place and told her daughter, “I’m sorry I’m late. I had to save a life.’’

Damrow then walked her daughter down the aisle in place of her late father. She said it was “nerve-wracking to let her go.”

At the scene of the accident, Damrow had called paramedics, opened the injured woman’s airway and summoned a medical helicopter.

Another daughter, Sadie Johnson, a physician’s assistant, also stopped to help. She then rushed home to get three young children ready and served as matron of honor at the wedding.

Krull said the rest of the night went as planned.